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▪ I. augˈmenting, vbl. n.
[f. augment v. + -ing1.]
Augmentation, increase. (Now gerundial.)
1537? Tindale Exp. St. John 78 They beleue it an augmentynge of synne. 1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3812/3 As to the augmenting of the Army. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. (1875) I. i. xii. 245 Its effect in somewhat augmenting the quantity of antarctic ice.
▪ II. augˈmenting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Making greater, magnifying; increasing.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 144 He that would exactly discern the shop [= shape] of a Bees mouth, need observing eyes, and good augmenting glasses. 1812Crabbe Tales xvi. Wks. 1834 V. 156 Then came augmenting woes. |